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Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-by-State Picture

The Green Jobs for America campaign examines 12 states and the people employed in occupations affected by six green economic strategies

Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-by-State Picture of Occupations that Gain from Green Investments

This report from the Political Economy Research Institute, Universityof Massachusetts, Amherst is sponsored by NRDC as part of the organization's involvement in the Green Jobs for America campaign, examines 12 states and the people employed in occupations affected by six green economic strategies:

Building retrofitting

Mass transit

Energy-efficient automobiles

Wind power

Solar power

Cellulosic biofuels

It makes clear that millions of U.S. workers will benefit from a movement to defeat global warming and transform the United States into a green economy.

The United Steelworkers (USW), the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Green for All and the Blue Green Alliance, a partnership of the USW and Sierra Club, have launched the national Green Jobs for America campaign. Running through the fall, the campaign will focus on a commitment to clean, renewable energy to make the U.S. more energy-independent, to help end our dependence on fossil fuels and to create hundreds of thousands of green jobs.

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